German 18th Army

The 18th Army was a German Wehrmacht field army that was active from 4 November 1939 to 8 May 1945. The army fought in the Battle of the Netherlands, the Battle of Belgium, and the Battle of France under the command of Georg von Kuechler, and it later participated in Operation Barbarossa in the summer of 1941. The division was part of Army Group North until early 1945, when it became a part of Army Group Courland. From October 1944 to May 1945, it was trapped in the Courland Gap, and it surrendered to the Soviet Red Army on 8 May 1945.